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<h2>Advanced Topics</h2>
Whew! We've come a long way from learning the basic phonetic alphabet to covering almost all the grammar you're going to need for
daily conversations. But wait, we're not finished yet! In fact, things are going to get even more challenging and interesting because,
especially toward the latter part of this section,
we are going to learn grammar that only <i>might</i> come in handy. In my experience, the most useful things are easiest to
learn as they come up again and again. However, in order to completely master a language, we also must work hard to conquer the bigger area
of things that don't come up very often and yet every native Japanese speaker instinctively understands. Believe it or not, even the more obscure
grammar <i>will</i> come up eventually leaving you wondering what it's supposed to mean. That's why <i>I</i> bothered to learn them at least.

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<li><a href="formal.html">Formal Expressions</a> - If you're only going to learn one lesson from this section, learn this one! This lesson will cover the formal version of state of being
（である、ではない） as well as some fundamental differences in the type of language used in formal writing and speech such as reports or documentaries.
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<li><a href="should.html">Things that should be a certain way</a> - We will go over some different ways to express the way things should be or are supposed to be using 「はず」、「べき」、「べく」、and 「べからず」.</li>
<li><a href="even.html">Expressing the minimum expectation</a> - We will learn how to express the minimum expectations such as the sentence, "He can't <u>even</u> speak English" using
「でさえ」、「ですら」、and 「おろか」.</li>
<li><a href="signs.html">Showing signs of something</a> - We will learn various useful ways to express someone showing signs of something using 「～がる」、「ばかり」、and 「～めく」.</li>
<li><a href="feasibility.html">Formal expressions of non-feasibility</a> - We will learn a number of formal expressions relating to the feasibility and necessity of having to do certain things.</li>
<li><a href="tendency.html">Tendencies</a> - Different ways to express a tendency to do or be a certain way.</li>
<li><a href="adv_volitional.html">Advanced Volitional</a> - Continuing with formal language, we will look at some more advances uses of the volitional form such as 「であろう」 or 「～まい」.</li>
<li><a href="covered.html">Covered by something</a> - Some more grammar to describe something that is covered by something.</li>
<li><a href="close_actions.html">Advanced proximity of actions</a> - Some advanced expressions to describe events that happen right after another.</li>
<li>Others - Other grammar that I noticed that doesn't really fit anywhere else.</li>
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